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| BIL1008 | Information Ethics | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of COMPUTER ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Cemal KÖSE | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course focuses on ethics in information technologies. This course also introduces the ethics as the study of moral, legal, and social issues involving information technologies. In this respect, the impact of the information technologies on our social, legal, and moral systems, and evaluation of the social policies and laws framed in response to issues generated by the development and use of information technologies will be given in this course. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Explain internalized ethics in information technologies. | 9,10 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Arrange their professional life relating to the laws. | 9,10 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | Apply privacy and security rules in their professional life. | 9,10 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | Evaluate the results of their ethical actions related to Intellectual property. | 9,10 | 1,3 | | LO - 5 : | Take action against the crime and criminal related to internet and information technologies.
| 9,10 | 1 | | LO - 6 : | Entrepreneurship, innovativeness, awareness of sustainable development and ethics. | 9,10 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to Ethics and Information technologies; ethical values and concepts, the structure of ethical theories. Professional ethics and responsibility. Security and networks ethics. Privacy and internet mediums, Privacy and security. Intellectual property and ethical values. Copyright and patent protection schemes, copyright and professional responsibility, and license agreements. Security Issues; Hacking vs. Cracking. Jurisdictional problems in internet and information mediums. Internets and crimes, and criminals. Electronic trade. Entrepreneurship, innovativeness, awareness of sustainable development and ethics. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Ethics in information technologies | | | Week 2 | Ethical values and concepts | | | Week 3 | Professional ethics
| | | Week 4 | Responsibility
| | | Week 5 | Privacy and internet mediums
| | | Week 6 | Privacy and security
| | | Week 7 | Intellectual property and ethical values | | | Week 8 | Copyright and patent protection schemes | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | License agreements
| | | Week 11 | Security issues and crimes
| | | Week 12 | Jurisdictional problems in internet and information mediums, and short exam
| | | Week 13 | Internets and crimes, and criminals | | | Week 14 | Electronic trade and crimes in clectronic trade. Social issues involving information technologies.
| | | Week 15 | Homework presentation. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Herman T. Tavani, (2007) Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology, Wiley. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 07/04/2013 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | 07/05/2013 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/06/2013 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 54 |
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